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This list of mammals in Pennsylvania consists of 66 species currently believed to occur wild in the state. This excludes feral domesticated species such as feral cats and dogs. Several species recently lived wild in Pennsylvania, but are now extirpated (locally, but not globally, extinct).
The bobcat (Lynx rufus), also known as the wildcat, bay lynx, [2] [3] or red lynx, [4] is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx. Native to North America , it ranges from southern Canada through most of the contiguous United States to Oaxaca in Mexico .
Wildlife includes white-tailed deer, beaver, skunk, wild turkey, red fox, coyote, timber rattlesnake, bobcat, and American black bear. Several fast moving, rocky streams flow through the area, including Hess Run, Tebolt Run, and Quebec Run. These streams intersect many of the area's trails, and all are tributaries of Big Sandy Creek. [9]
Science teacher Kip Brady is asking residents to send in game camera photos of bobcats to help with the project. How many bobcats roam Tuscarawas County? New Philadelphia students aim to find out
The main game animals in Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 12 include black bear, gray squirrel, whitetail deer, and wild turkey. American woodcock, eastern cottontail, and ruffed grouse are also hunted in some areas. Additionally, beavers, bobcats, gray foxes, minks, and raccoons can be hunted for their fur. [1]
Wykoff Run in Quehanna Wild Area, the largest such protected area in Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States includes 18 wild areas in its State Forest system. [ 1 ] They are managed by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry , a division of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources .
Carbaugh Run Natural Area: Michaux: Adams: 780 acres (316 ha) Also a designated Reptile and Amphibian Protection Area, and founded to protect Native American archeological sites. [13] [21] Charles F. Lewis Natural Area: Gallitzin: Indiana: 384 acres (155 ha) Named after an area journalist and conservationist. [22] [23] Cranberry Swamp Natural ...
The bridge across the river carries Pennsylvania Route 120 Pennsylvania Wilds (in green) on the map of Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania Wilds , or the Pennsylvania Wilds Conservation Landscape , is a predominantly rural and forested region in northern central Pennsylvania , mostly within the Allegheny Plateau .